Wildlife conservation and community volunteer projects and internships worldwide
TikTok is taking the world by storm – and not least, the tourism scene too. If you somehow haven’t heard of the app, it’s all about short-form videos. Think, Vine for the modern age. There was a massive surge in TikTok users during the Covid-19 pandemic, with people of all ages downloading the app. As […]
September 17th 2023
Costa Rica Family Volunteering: An Introduction Dreaming of a family adventure that combines wanderlust with purpose? Look no further! Our Costa Rica family volunteering programmes offer you a chance to explore the world and a unique opportunity to actively contribute to wildlife and nature conservation. We’ll guide you through our top family-friendly volunteer experiences in […]
September 1st 2023
How to Help Elephants in Thailand Elephants are magnificent, gentle giants who have captured our hearts with their intelligence. Many people are enamoured with elephants, and for some, signing up for a tour to get close to them looks like the obvious choice. But when it comes to elephant riding, especially in popular tourist spots […]
June 11th 2023
Almost exactly half a year on from COP27, the Bonn Climate Change Conference is nearly here. It will act as an important check-in between the COPs, and with the focus of COP28 being on protecting global food systems, ecosystems and biodiversity can be expected to be at the heart of the Bonn conference. In light […]
June 6th 2023
The first time I realised that animals have become a victim of the tourism industry is when I travelled to Tunisia in 2018. It was a fascinating trip learning about their culture and seeing the beautiful natural life that exists there. However, one day, I went to a zoo. Upon arriving, I found a sign […]
March 15th 2023
Asking the question In the year 2000, American ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox asked the question, “will tribal knowledge survive the millennium?” As the world becomes increasingly globalised, and approximately one indigenous language dies out every other week, the question Cox asks still has sense and relevance. Twenty-one years later, however, I travelled to a village […]
March 5th 2023
Picture this: you are venturing deep into the hot jungle of the Amazon rainforest. The temperature is burning, you are sweltering under the high humidity and you are fighting off the mosquitos. You could be either walking along a narrow jungle trail along a stream underneath the looming green forest canopy or in a small […]
December 21st 2022
Many of us would find it hard to get started without that freshly brewed coffee on a Monday morning or Sunday lunchtime stroll to your local barista. And with the rise of at-home brewing, we’re also seeing a massive uptake in the type of coffee we’re buying for our homes. So it’s no surprise that […]
December 7th 2022
Governments have never met a target set in the history of COP conferences. Could the upcoming COP15 meeting help correct this?
November 23rd 2022
